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ametropia [‚a·mə′trōp·ē·ə] (medicine) Any deficiency in the refractive ability of the eye that causes an unfocused image to fall on the retina. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| He explains that the wavelengths of certain colors can help mitigate the refractive error that occurs naturally in eyes as they age; that is, people can see information displayed in some colors more clearly than in others. This research suggests that much of the clinical improvement observed in 4 patients with congenital nystagmus may result from a better optical correction of their refractive error with contact lenses than with spectacles, rather than from a true damping effect of the nystagmus by contact lenses. Founded in 1998, ICEE is an Australian based not-for-profit, non-government organisation working with nurses to eliminate blindness and impaired vision mainly due to uncorrected refractive error. |
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